Smurfit Westrock PLC

SW Consumer Cyclical Packaging & Containers

Smurfit Westrock PLC’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $31.2 billion, up 47.7% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+1.97%
EPS
−11.9%
Free cash flow
−29.4%
Total debt
−0.44%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

44.40 0.79 −1.75%
Market cap
$23.3B
P/E
49.6×
Fwd P/E
29.4×
Dividend yield
4.03%
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
1.44
Beneish M
−2.63
Dividend safety
28/100

Smurfit Westrock PLC (SW) Return on invested capital

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Smurfit Westrock PLC's return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 2.87%, down 0.6 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (3.44%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −5.17% (fiscal 2023) to 9.61% (fiscal 2023); the current reading is higher than 62% of that period. That is below the Packaging & Containers industry median of 4.57% and below the Consumer Cyclical sector median of 3.42%.

Return on invested capital, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2025 3.44% 1.35
FY2024 2.09% (7.52)
FY2023 9.61% 14.78
FY2023 −5.17% (5.17)
FY2022 0.00% (4.38)
FY2022 4.38% 0.29
FY2021 4.09% 4.90
FY2020 −0.81% (5.13)
FY2019 4.32% 0.02
FY2018 4.30% 1.36

Against its own ten years

Low −5.17% High 9.61%
Ten-year median 3.10%
Current reading's percentile 62

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
AMCR Amcor PLC compare 17.9%
AVY Avery Dennison Corporation compare 13.0%
CCK Crown Holdings, Inc. compare 11.8%
REYN Reynolds Consumer Products Inc. compare 8.29%
BALL Ball Corporation compare 4.57%
SW Smurfit Westrock PLC 2.87%
IP International Paper Company compare 2.15%
SON Sonoco Products Company compare 1.97%
PKG Packaging Corporation of America compare 0.00%
Packaging & Containers industry median 4.57%
Consumer Cyclical sector median 3.42%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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